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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Link Thursday: 6 Ways We're All Bridget Jones (& no need to be a chick-lit character to possess those traits!)

Photo from BettyConfidential.com

Hey beautiful people!

It's been ages since I posted something coming from me and not from a guest. I know my guest buddies are keeping you occupied when you drop by here, but I also know some are missing my ramblings (whoever would've thought, eh? LOL) and esp the Link Thursday madness & mayhem.
So here it is, back, and me tagging along.

Have you heard the news? There's a third Bridget Jones novel coming out in 2013. November, if I'm not mistaken. And there are rumors - almost confirmed - that a movie will follow. I saw an interview on TV the other day, quite old from a 2012 edition of Films & Stars, where Colin Firth dropped hints that a third movie might be in the making. I know I'll be gobbling down that book, and the movie, too.

I mean, who doesn't love Bridget Jones? Who hasn't identified, in some part or the other, with her? No, we don't all go screaming 'All by myself' to the top of our lungs while gettin drunk in PJs and socks (it's ABBA, all right. Not 'All by myself'...). And who has never had the misfortune of wearing granny knickers on any day, let alone one where you might've gotten lucky?

True - Bridget Jones is a fictional character that's somewhat over the top. But are we, 'normal' women, that much different from her?

Nopes... and this article here proves my point. Read on to catch what I mean.
(the article starts on Betty Confidential, and then the link crosses to YourTango).

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6 Ways We're All Bridget Jones

Singletons and smug marrieds, get
excited-because the 'wanton sex goddess' is back

Attention, Bridget Jones fans: We are v. excited that a new installment of
our favorite awkward heroine is in the works! Helen Fielding
has written another chapter in the life of the quirky Brit, and the book is
scheduled for an autumn 2013 release.

For the uninitiated, Bridget Jones' Diary — the tale of a desperate
yet endearing everywoman and her clumsy and often hilarious pursuit of true love
(or at least a good date) — debuted in 1996 and quickly became and international
bestseller and cultural phenom. Two movies followed, with Renee
Zellweger as our quirky protagonist, and single 30-something women
everywhere found a fumbling heroine they could finally relate too. It was in
Bridget’s constantly adorable flaws — namely her fixation on her body image,
awkward approach to dating and penchant for wallowing in her misery (who can
forget her onscreen rendition of "All By Myself"?) that we wach saw a bit of
ourselves. We are all Bridget Jones to some degree — whether that makes us
uncomfortable or not. Here are a few examples:

1. We go for the sexy d-bag. It’s hard to not want to be
with the hottest guy around. And when our crush actually shows an interest, the
tempation to follow through can be irresistible — despite the guy's less
questionable reputation and aloof behavior. Bridget's obsession with Daniel
Cleaver (played by Hugh Grant in the film) is perfect example
of our tendence to torture ourselves with Mr. Wrong.

2. We fall down. Both literally and metaphorically, we all
fall from grace. Whether it’s the result of a bottle of vodka or a heartbreak
that is so devastating that our knees give out — or, in Bridget's case, a very
unfortunate bunny costume misunderstanding — we’ve all found ourselves on the
ground staring at the ceiling.

3. We’re dumb when it comes to love. Seriously. Who hasn’t had love stare them in the face and fail to realize it until it was too late? Sometimes it’s just not easy to pick up on even obvious hints — like the fact that Mark Darcy was in love with Bridget the whole time. Then again, real-life Mark Darcys don't always look like a young Colin Firth.

4. We tend to think that nice guys are boring. Who knows where it started, but women just love the bad boys. we all want the man who is challenging and infuriating at first; the one who probably sees us as nothing special at the beginning but yet we seem to win over right before the closing credits. Isn’t that the dream after all? To be loved for even your craziness? In the words of Mark Darcy, "I like you just as you are." It’s only after years of heartbreak that we finally understand that the "nice" guys aren’t so boring after all. They actually give a damn, unlike the bad eggs.

5. We obsess about our weight. It’s a painful truth, but many of us fixate on having a perfect (read: thin) body, often to our own pain and detriment. Bridget Jones would freak out if her weight surpassed 130 pounds — a perfectly non-fat size 6, in most cases.6. We make scenes. Okay, so maybe most of us don’t stage the epic scenes that Bridget Jones is famous for, but maybe that’s just because we’ve learned from her mistakes because we’ve seen the movie too many times. Or because we're not fictional characters. Either way, we're all a little guilty of making the occasional dramatic outburst that we regret in the morning.

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What do you think, peeps? I might've been married for nearly 11 years and completely blipped over what it felt like to be a singleton out there looking for Mr. Right, but I still recall I had my Bridget moments throughout the years.

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